Food Donation

This time of year The Idaho Foodbank gets a number of inquiries about taking wild game meat as food donations. We can, but there are strict guidelines: Wild Game In many areas across the state of Idaho wild game donation can be a large contributor of a nutritious source of protein for IFB Partner Agencies. Wild game animals include Read More

By Karen Lehr KIVI TV Channel 6 Boise. CREATED Jul 18, 2014 Anyone who’s successfully grown backyard produce quickly learns you’re likely to end up with an ample harvest of fresh organic goods. That’s why Gary Oppenheimer founded AmpleHarvest.org – to connect the dots between home gardeners and people in the community that need it. “The heart of Read More

On Wednesday, February 5, KTVB presented The Idaho Foodbank’s CEO Karen Vauk with a check for $51,162 from donations made to KTVB’s fifth annual 7Cares Day held December 7. This was in addition to donations the Foodbank had received the day of the event, bringing the total to $55,067.42. KTVB-TV’s extraordinary six-hour food and fund Read More

Once the shock that they had actually won the $1 million Idaho Raffle started to wear off, the families involved began to think about what sort of lesson they could impart to their children. “We asked, ‘What are we going to do to have our kids associate this with more than material things?’ ” said Read More